In the middle of the complicated present of Red Bull In this season of Formula 1The bicampeón of the world Emerson FittipaldiBrazilian car legend, raised his voice to defend Sergio “Checo” Pérezensuring that the Tapatío did not receive the necessary support or understanding during its passage through the Austrian team.
Currently, the shield marches Third in the Construction championshipwhile Max Verstappenwho showed a domain in recent years, is also located in the Third position of the pilot championshipshowing the deterioration in car performance.
Starting from that premise, Fittipaldi He did not hesitate to point out that the team never offered the optimal conditions so that Czech It will shine at the same level as its coequipero Max Verstappenand gave as an example the current difficulties he faces Red Bull On track.
However, the Brazilian recalled that, unlike his replacements, the Mexican did deliver important results, conquering high demand circuits such as Monaco and Bakuplaces where talent and precision are imposed above pure mechanical performance.
“My opinion as Latin American, we are Latin Americans and Czech Pérez was a great representative of us and was not understood (in Red Bull). This year we are seeing the test with the pilots who are with Max Verstappen, in my opinion they are worse than Czech. Checo Pérez won circuits, won in Monaco, won in Baku, very difficult circuits of cities, street and is very fast “
On the other hand, the Expileoto Carioca stressed that the domain of ‘Mad Max’ Within the team he strongly condition his teammates, because the Dutch has a very particular connection with the car, something that plays against whom he has to share garage with him.
“We are seeing how Verstappen makes the rules with the car, it is very special as a pilot and that is more difficult for the second of the team. We are seeing the difficulties, Red Bull changing the pilots to see which one approaches Verstappen, but Czech was better “
Currently, the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda And previously the Neozyre Liam Lawson They have tried to fill the void they left Checo Pérez After leaving at the end of last season. However, the results have been poor and with it, inevitable comparisons.
After 6 races played in this campaign, the ‘red bulls’ accumulate only 6 points out of what was achieved by Maxbeing all by Yuki.
